• ab-soul

    Ab-Soul has hopped on a remix of Scottish singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé’s 2012 single “My Kind of Love.” This remix was dropped in conjunction with the single’s belated US debut, just this week. Thankfully, Ab-Soul’s strong flow and mature bars have made the wait well worth it. Give

  • 2013

    Quatorze/Quinze Ans by Ô Paon Drone, ambient music, folk, and more come together on this new shyly voiced Ô Paon EP, which was recorded in the magical land of Anacortes, Washington. There must be a lot of rough, noisy textures around those parts, because that’s what this EP

  • 2013

    UK rapper ThisisDA dropping some fire on the creatively produced “Panic Attack Rap,” which is said to have been created “with top industry engineers & producers at their EMI studio as part of this year’s 3030 campaign.” All of this came via an invite from Roundhouse, and if stuff

  • 2013

    A simple, but twisted video for the Emptyset track “Fragment,” which is featured on the minimal techno artist’s latest album, Recur. Dig on the heavy, glitch-fried, industrially-tinged beats on this video right here. /via/

  • Filmmaker Nick Rutter has entrusted the score of his latest project, a short called Chrysalis, to Essex-based electronic musician and Brainfeeder affiliate, Lapalux. Above, you can stream a standalone version of his lush composition, titled “Gold,” which features a lovely vocal contribution from London’s Jassy Grez. Or, you can

  • Given Reflektor‘s Orpheus and Eurydice-evoking cover art and track titles, it is fitting that Arcade Fire has appropriated footage from Marcel Camus’ classic 1959 feature Black Orpheus for the lyric video of new single, “Afterlife.” The band’s take on dance music is no less compelling here than it

  • 216

    Lee Bannon has shared another nocturnal fusion of hip hop and jungle, which is to be featured on his upcoming Ninja Tune debut Alternate/Endings. With the “Place/Crusher” EP earlier this month, and now “216,” Alternate/Engdings‘ December 9 release date can’t come soon enough!

  • 2013

    Always-controversial singer-songwriter M.I.A. is finally gearing up to release her new record, Matangi, this November. As such, she has let loose the official audio of her new track “Y.A.L.A.”–which is an acronym for “You Always Live Again.” I, for one, was a bigger fan

  • 2013

    Stream: Sun Kil Moon – “Micheline” Since Among The Leaves, Mark Kozelek has favored a slightly more straightforward approach – much more direct lyricism, less reliance on multi-tracking his own vocals – and it has mostly paid off. New song “Micheline,” from the new Sun Kil Moon record Benji (out next year), mostly

  • 2013

    Despite my somewhat lukewarm feelings on the latest album from pop rock outfit Veronica falls, I have to admit the band still manages to pack a lot of punch into a single. “Nobody There” may circle around some jangly chord progressions that are familiar to the band, but the hook